What our honeybees are grazing on today…

My friend Ron lets us keep some hives on his farm and he provided this update to me today. There is an obvious nectar flow based on the activity in front of the hives. Ron reported the honeybees were “like bullets returning to the hive.”

Photo Credit: Ron Leix

Ron also reported that the bees were foraging on “everything except the queen’s lace and the little white daisy looking flowers.” To follow is a list of what he observed our honey bees grazing on:

Hi Ashley, we strain our honey to remove normal hive/comb debris like bee legs, wings, capping wax and other stuff most people don’t want in their honey. What we don’t do is heat the honey when processing it. Many honey processors heat the honey to 160-180 degF to pasteurize it and to pump the honey through felt filters. We cold process it and simply strain the honey, preserving honey’s healthful properties including bits of pollen and important enzymes.